Lowboys, hoppers and flatbeds out of Headland
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 66 active carriers based in Headland, split evenly at 33 interstate and 33 intrastate, with 38 running as private fleets. A private fleet tractor or straight truck that belongs to a farm or a contractor here is the kind of unit we buy, so long as the seller holds the title in the name on the registration.
General freight is listed by 26 of those Headland carriers in the federal carrier census, machinery and large objects by 18, grain, feed and hay by 16, and farm supplies by 15. If yours pulled a lowboy, a hopper or a flatbed for any of that work, tell us the trailer type alongside the tractor, since we can take both in one collection.
In FMCSA’s carrier census, one Headland fleet runs 55 power units with 52 drivers, and two more run 12 power units apiece. Owners selling several trucks at once should send a list of VINs with the yard address, and we will plan one visit around all of them.
Lane length
Henry County routes and the miles beyond them
Driver records in FMCSA’s carrier census put 83 drivers in Headland working within 100 miles and 119 working beyond that radius. A truck on the longer routes may be parked anywhere along its lane when you decide to sell, so give us the address where it sits today rather than where it is based.
Among 22 local carriers reporting mileage to FMCSA, the median truck covered 15,313 miles in a year. Have the current odometer reading and the VIN ready when you first get in touch; those two figures shape every other question we ask.
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 6 Headland outfits that first registered in 2024 and 2 more that followed in 2025. If you started a trucking business in one of those years and are now winding it down, keep your USDOT number handy along with the title so the paperwork lines up.
Cotton, cattle and corn in Henry County
Henry County holds 408 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cotton, cattle and corn as its leading products. Farm trucks used for module hauling, livestock or grain carts often sit in a barn or field for the off-season, and we collect from that spot as long as a truck can reach it.
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 record 125 Headland jobs in agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, 8.9 percent of the 1,401 total. A farm-registered truck still needs its title to change hands; if it has been lost, request a replacement from Alabama’s title agency before we schedule the visit.
Grain, feed and hay sit third on the cargo list of Headland carriers in FMCSA’s census, at 16 of them, close behind machinery. Photos of the bed, the hoist or the trailer coupling help us understand a farm unit before we come out to see it.
Dirt and gravel
Dump trucks for Headland builders and pits
Construction accounts for 169 jobs, or 12.1 percent of the 1,401 counted in Headland, according to the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023. Dump trucks, flatbeds and service bodies from that trade are on the list of what we purchase.
Henry County’s builders run 14 construction establishments, the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns shows, and their trucks often stay parked at the job. If your truck is parked on a job site rather than at home, tell us who controls the gate and we will set the collection up with them.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration records Core Aggregates, a sand and gravel operation 22.6 miles west, and Jones Mine, an industrial-mineral site 22.5 miles north. A dump truck that has hauled from pits like these can be collected wherever it was last parked, so say which site it is at.
Yards and stagefields
Dothan and Barrett rail yards, local bridges
Heading south out of Headland, the Dothan rail yard sits 8.1 miles away and the Barrett yard 12.5 miles to the south-west, on the North American Rail Network that the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics maintain. A day cab that shuttled loads to either yard is a straightforward truck for us to pick up from town.
Of the 15 bridges around Headland in the National Bridge Inventory, one carries a posted load limit and none sit under 14 feet. Mention any route restriction near where the truck is parked so the collection rig takes the right road in.
Goldberg Stagefield lies 7.5 miles north-west and Hunt Stagefield 13.3 miles west, as the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists them. Trucks kept near those installations still need ordinary access for loading; let us know if a gate pass is involved.
A 2019 median model year comes out of FMCSA roadside inspection records for the 33 Headland-registered trucks checked from late August 2024 through August 2026. Whatever year yours is, send the title, the registration and any service records you keep, so the details we work from match the truck.
Roughly 18 percent of those 33 Headland units were ten or more model years old when stopped, per the same FMCSA roadside inspection records. Older and newer units alike are trucks we buy; a clear title in your name is the piece that matters most when we collect.
The questions we get asked in Headland
- Our cotton truck sits on the home place near Headland. Does someone have to haul it in first?With 408 farms counted across Henry County in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, collecting off the home place is routine for us here. Give us the address and tell us if the truck sits in a barn or a field.
- The title to my Headland truck went missing. Which office issues a replacement here?Alabama’s title agency issues replacement titles for trucks registered in Headland and across Henry County. Start that request before we schedule a collection, since the title has to transfer with the truck.
- Do you buy trucks that run longer routes out of Headland?Headland carriers report 119 drivers working beyond 100 miles in FMCSA’s carrier census, and we buy those trucks too. Tell us where the truck is parked now, even if that is outside Henry County.